Decker Fire
The Decker Fire burned 1,212 acres in Pulaski County, Missouri, in 2007. It was discovered on April 21, 2007, and contained on April 23, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,212 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2007
- Contained
- April 23, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,060 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.767, -92.076.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,212 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,060 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,209 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2007, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 23, 2007, 8:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Pulaski County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MOMTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3777809208320070421
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1448482
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Missouri in 20077
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,928 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,707 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,694 | May 13, 2007 | |
| Brawley Hollow Fire | 1,595 | Mar 11, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,450 | May 13, 2007 | |
| Running Boy Fire | 1,249 | Apr 22, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,098 | Apr 27, 2007 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.